A 157
| Known as: | A 157; THT 790 |
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| Cite this page as: | Gerd Carling. "A 157". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-a157 (accessed 16 Apr. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Gerd Carling |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Specific find spot: | Stadthöhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 92.22 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | late |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 144-211 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// || va – – – – |
| a3 | /// ¯m ye twe ntwā śśi ye |
| a4 | /// || tma¯ ¯s̝ su nda ri ṣma rke yu |
| a5 | /// gau ta mṣi klyo mnā ta¯ ¯k ma ska ta |
| a6 | /// śla ye twe yntu lo ri sā tñi paṃ || i |
| b1 | /// ka lpnā ta¯ ¯r y[ä] tka¯ ¯l ce mca mi kule w· |
| b2 | /// ·ä rmaṃ nṣa¯ ¯cä ke ka lpā¯ ¯t ā ka rnu¯ |
| b3 | /// [e] ssi wo tka ñi sa¯ ¯m ā su¯ ¯k |
| b4 | /// ā ssi pkā taṃ ka¯ ¯r || su |
| b5 | /// tte tra ṅka – – – |
| b6 | /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// ॥ va – – – – |
| a3 | /// m yetwentwāśśi ye |
| a4 | /// ॥ tmäṣ sundari ṣmarkeyu |
| a5 | /// gautamṣi klyom nātäk mäskatä |
| a6 | /// śla yetweyntu lo risāt-ñi paṃ ॥ i |
| b1 | /// kälpnātär yätkal cem cami kulew· |
| b2 | /// (y)ärmaṃ nṣac ke kälpāt ākärnu° |
| b3 | /// essi wotka-ñi säm āsuk |
| b4 | /// āssi pkāt-äṃ kar ॥ su |
| b5 | /// tte träṅkä – – – |
| b6 | /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Transcription and references have been transferred from the "Text and Reference Database of the Tocharian A Language" (Gerd Carling Lund University) (funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation and SCAS). | |
| Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009. |
References
Miscellaneous
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1921: 84; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 84
Translations
Thomas 1954: b3 (729)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Personal annotated copy of Wilhelm Siegling. Scanned by Douglas Q. Adams with the technical assistance of Michael Tarabulski and Kevin Dobbins. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Thomas, Werner. 1954. “Die Infinitive im Tocharischen.” In Asiatica. Festschrift Friedrich Weller. Zum 65. Geburtstag, gewidmet von seinen Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern, edited by Johannes Schubert and Ulrich Schneider, 701–64. Leipzig: Harrassowitz.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
